Fall 2007 Grant Recipient
Applicant:
Friends of Big Creek
Mary Ellen Stasek
P.O. Box 609272
Cleveland, OH 44109
US
(216) 661-4998
E-mail: mestasek@friendsofbigcreek.org
Website: www.friendsofbigcreek.org
Lake Basin: Erie
Sponsor: Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization/Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan
James White
1299 superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
US
(216) 241-2414 ext. 610
E-mail: whitej@cuyahogariverrap.org
Website: www.crcpo.org
Information and Promotion Program: Watershed Stewardship, Greenspace Preservation and the Organization's Role
Fall 2007 Project Grant Award: $1,250
Project Summary:
Friends of Big Creek is an active, volunteer-run, greenway advocacy and watershed stewardship organization that has successfully advanced its vision for improvement in the Watershed. FOBC members participate in many events and activities to promote environmental goals and build partnerships. FOBC needs to improve and expand the effort to communicate its message to residents and other stakeholders. To help accomplish this, the grant will provide funds for a printed brochure and a newsletter. With this newsletter, FOBC hope to broaden support, seek input, and build a sustainable organization.
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Freshwater Future builds effective community-based citizen action to protect and restore the water quality of the Great Lakes basin. We work toward this goal by providing financial assistance, communications and networking assistance and technical assistance to citizens and grassroots watershed groups throughout the Great Lakes basin. Through these efforts we work with over 1,800 grassroots watershed groups and citizens to protect and restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands in their communities. Freshwater Future, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
For more information, please contact:
info@freshwaterfuture.org
P.O. Box 2479, Petoskey, MI 49770
PH (231) 348-8200